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Help:IPA/Hebrew

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents ModernHebrew language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. Since Modern Hebrew has both non-Oriental and Oriental pronunciations in Israel, certain letters may be transcribed differently depending on the background of the speaker. See Hebrew phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Hebrew.

Long vowels (in Tiberian Hebrew) can be transcribed using the IPA gemination sign ː: the word for "hand" would be יָד‬ /jaːd/ in absolute state and יַד־‬ /jad/ in construct state.[5] Indicating normative consonant gemination uses a double consonant: גַּנָּב‬ ('a thief') /ɡanˈnav/not/ɡaˈnːav/